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Marnie yes or no?

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RoseApp · 16/06/2025 09:18

What do people think of Marnie?

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Cocktailsandcheese · 22/06/2025 20:42

I quite like it. Marcie is nice too

LotsOfSmallThings · 19/06/2025 22:02

I absolutely love it, was one of my top choices for my DD - I offered OH the final choice between Marnie and one other and he went for the (admittedly very similar!) other choice. Ticks all the boxes.
but I do think this thread has proven very effectively that you can’t please everyone, judging by the VERY mixed reactions, so I think that probably reiterates that people should just use names they like and sod what everyone else thinks.

Dandelionsand4leafclover · 19/06/2025 20:50

Not if you live up north.
'ar(our) Marnie

Busted2006 · 19/06/2025 18:54

Not a fan… I find it masculine

FlorenceB19 · 19/06/2025 18:44

Love it 🤗🤗🤗🤗

greengreyblue · 19/06/2025 18:30

mathanxiety · 19/06/2025 18:12

Mahree is sometimes a pronunciation of 'Marie', which I personally pronounce 'ma-REE'.

The Scots Gaelic name Mairi is pronounced Mahree.

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Ah I didn’t need the e on the end.

Arran2024 · 19/06/2025 18:19

mathanxiety · 19/06/2025 18:12

Mahree is sometimes a pronunciation of 'Marie', which I personally pronounce 'ma-REE'.

The Scots Gaelic name Mairi is pronounced Mahree.

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I think you'll find true Gaelic speakers pronounce it Vahree. Very confusing, I know.

mathanxiety · 19/06/2025 18:12

greengreyblue · 18/06/2025 07:05

Is it? How do you spell it if it’s pronounced Mahree?

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Mahree is sometimes a pronunciation of 'Marie', which I personally pronounce 'ma-REE'.

The Scots Gaelic name Mairi is pronounced Mahree.

Theextraordinaryisintheordinary · 18/06/2025 07:11

Absolutely but I love Hitchcock!

user1492757084 · 18/06/2025 07:09

Not a fave.

I like a couple of women called Marnie but they are nick names.

greengreyblue · 18/06/2025 07:05

mathanxiety · 18/06/2025 00:16

Maire is pronounced 'Moira'. Or Moya if you're from Donegal.

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Is it? How do you spell it if it’s pronounced Mahree?

MummytoBoth · 18/06/2025 06:42

Marnie is a beautiful Name❤️

JillyGiraffe · 18/06/2025 06:36

Just makes me think of Geordie Shore..!

PizzaSophiaLoren · 18/06/2025 00:24

Marnie is my favourite girls name. DH wasn’t keen, but it’s the perfect name in my opinion.

nottoplan · 18/06/2025 00:23

No

Puppydogtail · 18/06/2025 00:18

No sorry but I think it’s awful .cant warm to it at all

mathanxiety · 18/06/2025 00:17

*Too close to mardy

mathanxiety · 18/06/2025 00:16

greengreyblue · 17/06/2025 17:29

Or Máire which is the Irish Marie. Pronounced Mawree/ Mahree I believe.

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Maire is pronounced 'Moira'. Or Moya if you're from Donegal.

ForFunGoose · 18/06/2025 00:15

Airhead name, sorry

mathanxiety · 18/06/2025 00:14

I don't see the attraction of Marnie at all.

Rhymes with sarny, too close to marry. It sounds like the name of a blowsy greasy spoon waitress with a huge peroxide bouffant hairdo.

Streetsofgold · 17/06/2025 23:22

Really like it.

SnowFrogJelly · 17/06/2025 23:08

Yes

Butteredradish3 · 17/06/2025 23:05

Why aye man

sakura06 · 17/06/2025 23:04

Love it!

DustlandFairytaleBeginning · 17/06/2025 23:04

Love it- very cute and fresh sounding.